Sinister: Momus is Marvelous
Donna McInally
dm981579 at xxx.uk
Wed Apr 28 16:55:30 BST 1999
> WARNING Message from IBM
>
> If you receive an e-mail titled.JOIN THE CREW or PENPALS DO NOT open it!
> It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!
> Send this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a new virus
> and not many people know about it! This information
> was received this morning by IBM, Please share it with anyone that might
> access the Internet!!
>
> PENPAL appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are interested in
> a penpal, but by the time you read this letter it is
> TOO late.
>
> The Trojan horse virus will have already infected the boot sector of your
> hard drive, destroying all the data present. It is a self-
> replicating virus, and once the message is read it will AUTOMATICALLY
> forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address
> is present in your box! This virus will destroy your hard drive and holds
> the potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your
> box and whose mail is in their box and so on and on!
> So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW. This virus can do
> major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!
>
> PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES.
> AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR
> THIS. FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS A.S.A.P.!
P
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